Best Of Query & Company - Friday 3/20/26

Today’s Best of Features: (00:00-12:47) – Mt. Vernon’s Luke Ertel joins Query & Company ahead of the Marauders semi-state matchup tomorrow morning against Decatur Central at New Castle High School. Jake asks Luke about how he has had to adjust to becoming the guy that kids are asking to take pictures with and get an autograph from, how challenging it was knocking off Pike last week, and explains why he wanted to go to Purdue. (22:03-30:58) – GoldAndBlack.com’s Brian Neubert joins the show from St. Louis to preview tonight’s NCAA Tournament game for the Purdue Boilermakers against the Queens Royals. Does Queens have the makeup to make things interesting tonight? What switch was flipped for Matt Painter’s team in Chicago during the Big Ten Tournament? Plus, Brian highlights why the NCAA Tournament is one of the best events in all of sports because you get to see humanity unfiltered. (30:58-41:54) – The IndyStar’s Kyle Neddenriep joins Jake Query ahead of the semi-state games tomorrow across the state to preview them. Jake asks Kyle about what kind of player Purdue will be getting next season in Luke Ertel, identifies Decatur Central as the Cinderella story of the IHSAA State Tournament, and provides his take on why we are starting to see so many players and coaches leaving high school programs in the state to go to a preparatory school.Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.